421 Then he brought me out into the outer court , the way toward the north ; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north . 2 Along e the length , which was a hundred cubits , was the north door ; the width was fifty cubits . 3 Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court , and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court , was gallery corresponding e to gallery in three stories. 4 Before the chambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide , a way of one hundred cubits ; and their openings were on the north . 5 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building . 6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts ; therefore e the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones . 7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers , toward the outer court facing the chambers , its length was fifty cubits . 8 For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits ; and behold , the length of those facing the temple was a hundred cubits . 9 Below these chambers was the entrance on the east side , as one enters them from the outer court . 10 In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east , facing e the separate area and facing e the building , there were chambers . 11 The way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north , according to their length so was their width , and all their exits were both according to their arrangements and openings . 12 Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way , the way in front of the wall toward the east , as one enters them. 13 Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers , which are opposite e the separate area , they are the holy chambers where e the priests who are near to the Lord shall eat the most holy things . There they shall lay the most holy things , the grain offering , the sin offering and the guilt offering ; for the place is holy . 14 "When the priests enter , then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary without laying there their garments in which they minister , for they are holy . They shall put on other garments ; then they shall approach that which is for the people ."
15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house , he brought me out by the way of the gate which faced toward the east and measured it all around . 16 He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds by the measuring reed . 17 He measured on the north side five hundred reeds by the measuring reed . 18 On the south side he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed . 19 He turned to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed . 20 He measured it on the four sides ; it had a wall all around , the length five hundred and the width five hundred , to divide between the holy and the profane .
431 Then he led me to the gate , the gate facing toward the east ; 2 and behold , the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east . And His voice was like the sound of many waters ; and the earth shone with His glory . 3 And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw , like the vision which I saw when He came to destroy the city . And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar ; and I fell on my face . 4 And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east . 5 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court ; and behold , the glory of the Lord filled the house .
6 Then I heard one speaking to me from the house , while a man was standing beside me.
7 He said to me, "Son of man , this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet , where e I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever . And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name , neither they nor their kings , by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die , 8 by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post , with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed . So I have consumed them in My anger . 9 "Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever . 10 "As for you, son of man , describe the temple to the house of Israel , that they may be ashamed of their iniquities ; and let them measure the plan . 11 "If they are ashamed of all that they have done , make known to them the design of the house , its structure , its exits , its entrances , all its designs , all its statutes , and all its laws . And write it in their sight , so that they may observe its whole design and all its statutes and do them. 12 "This is the law of the house : its entire area on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy . Behold , this is the law of the house .
13 "And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth ): the base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit , and its border on its edge round about one span ; and this shall be the height of the base of the altar . 14 "From the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits and the width one cubit ; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width one cubit . 15 "The altar hearth shall be four cubits ; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns . 16 "Now the altar hearth shall be twelve e cubits long by twelve e wide , square in its four sides . 17 "The ledge shall be fourteen e cubits long by fourteen e wide in its four sides , the border around it shall be half a cubit and its base shall be a cubit round about ; and its steps shall face the east ." 18 And He said to me, " Son of man , thus says the Lord GOD , 'These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built , to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it. 19 'You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok , who draw near to Me to minister to Me,' declares the Lord GOD , 'a young bull for a sin offering . 20 'You shall take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border round about ; thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. 21 'You shall also take the bull for the sin offering , and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house , outside e the sanctuary . 22 'On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering , and they shall cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull . 23 'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock . 24 'You shall present them before the Lord , and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord . 25 ' For seven days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering ; also a young bull and a ram from the flock , without blemish , shall be prepared . 26 'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate e it. 27 'When they have completed the days , it shall be that on the eighth day and onward , the priests shall offer your burnt offerings on the altar , and your peace offerings ; and I will accept you,' declares the Lord GOD ."
441 Then He brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary , which faces the east ; and it was shut . 2 The Lord said to me, "This gate shall be shut ; it shall not be opened , and no one shall enter by it, for the Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut . 3 "As for the prince , he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before the Lord ; he shall enter by way of the porch of the gate and shall go out by the same way ."
4 Then He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the house ; and I looked , and behold , the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord , and I fell on my face . 5 The Lord said to me, "Son of man , mark well , see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the statutes of the house of the Lord and concerning all its laws ; and mark well the entrance of the house , with all exits of the sanctuary . 6 "You shall say to the rebellious ones , to the house of Israel , 'Thus says the Lord GOD , " Enough of all your abominations , O house of Israel , 7 when you brought in foreigners e , uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh , to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house , when you offered My food , the fat and the blood ; for they made My covenant void -this in addition to all your abominations . 8 "And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners to keep charge of My sanctuary ." 9 'Thus says the Lord GOD , " No e foreigner e uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh , of all the foreigners e who are among the sons of Israel , shall enter My sanctuary .
10 "But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray , who went astray from Me after their idols , shall bear the punishment for their iniquity . 11 "Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary , having oversight at the gates of the house and ministering in the house ; they shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people , and they shall stand before them to minister to them. 12 "Because e they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel , therefore e I have sworn e against them," declares the Lord GOD , "that they shall bear the punishment for their iniquity . 13 "And they shall not come near to Me to serve as a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things , to the things that are most holy ; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed . 14 "Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the house , of all its service and of all that shall be done in it. 15 "But the Levitical priests , the sons of Zadok , who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood ," declares the Lord GOD . 16 "They shall enter My sanctuary ; they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge .
17 "It shall be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court , they shall be clothed with linen garments ; and wool shall not be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and in the house . 18 "Linen turbans shall be on their heads and linen undergarments shall be on their loins ; they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat . 19 "When they go out into the outer court , into the outer court to the people , they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers ; then they shall put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments . 20 "Also they shall not shave their heads , yet they shall not let their locks grow long ; they shall only trim the hair of their heads . 21 " Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court . 22 "And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel , or a widow who is the widow of a priest . 23 "Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the profane , and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean . 24 "In a dispute they shall take their stand to judge ; they shall judge it according to My ordinances . They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts and sanctify My sabbaths . 25 " They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however e , for father , for mother , for son , for daughter , for brother , or for a sister who has not had a husband , they may defile themselves. 26 "After he is cleansed , seven days shall elapse for him. 27 "On the day that he goes into the sanctuary , into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary , he shall offer his sin offering ," declares the Lord GOD . 28 "And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that I am their inheritance ; and you shall give them no possession in Israel -I am their possession . 29 "They shall eat the grain offering , the sin offering and the guilt offering ; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs . 30 "The first of all the first fruits of every kind and every contribution of every kind, from all your contributions , shall be for the priests ; you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough to cause a blessing to rest on your house . 31 "The priests shall not eat any bird or beast that has died a natural death or has been torn to pieces .
11 What was from the beginning , what we have heard , what we have seen with our eyes , what we have looked at and touched with our hands , concerning the Word of Life - 2 and the life was manifested , and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life , which was with the Father and was manifested to us- 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also , so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father , and with His Son Jesus Christ . 4 These things we write , so that our joy may be made complete .
5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light , and in Him there is no darkness at all . 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness , we lie and do not practice the truth ; 7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light , we have fellowship with one another , and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin .
8 If we say that we have no sin , we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins , He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness . 10 If we say that we have not sinned , we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.
